Organic Chemistry Frontiers,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11(14), P. 3946 - 3951
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
A
copper-catalyzed
yne-propargylic
substitution
using
amines
as
nucleophiles
has
been
achieved
for
the
first
time,
affording
a
variety
of
having
diyne
moieties,
which
are
important
pharmacophores
in
many
bioactive
molecules.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
144(34), P. 15779 - 15785
Published: Aug. 17, 2022
Distinct
regio-
and
enantioselectivity
control
in
copper-catalyzed
vinylogous
bisvinylogous
propargylic
substitution
has
been
accomplished
by
using
a
novel
chiral
N,N,P
ligand.
The
developed
method
provides
an
efficient
selective
approach
to
array
of
highly
enantioenriched
alkynyl
unsaturated
carbonyl
compounds.
Salient
features
include
excellent
functional
group
tolerance
broad
substrate
scope.
synthetic
utility
the
is
further
demonstrated
gram-scale
synthesis
application
range
transformations
including
enantioselective
unique
challenging
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
144(43), P. 19932 - 19941
Published: Oct. 21, 2022
Searching
for
efficient
strategies
to
access
structurally
novel
aminoindolines
is
of
great
significance
drug
discovery.
However,
catalytic
asymmetric
de
novo
construction
aminoindoline
scaffolds
with
functionality
primed
diversification
still
remains
elusive.
Here,
we
report
a
Cu-catalyzed
cyclization
ethynyl
benzoxazinones
amines,
producing
chiral
3-aminoindolines
in
good
yield
and
high
enantioselectivity
(up
97%
98:2
er).
Moreover,
radical-mediated
sulfonyl
migration
these
products
was
unexpectedly
found,
further
affording
new
bearing
alkenyl
groups
retained
enantiopurity
84%
Bioactivity
evaluations
indicate
that
show
notable
antitumor
activities
chirality
proven
have
significant
impact
on
their
activity.
Organic Chemistry Frontiers,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
11(3), P. 690 - 695
Published: Dec. 5, 2023
A
reliable
protocol
for
asymmetric
Cu-catalyzed
alkynylallylic
dimethylamination
is
described
with
the
discovery
of
tetramethyldiaminomethane
as
a
new,
stable
and
convenient
surrogate
dimethylamine
nucleophile.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
61(51)
Published: Oct. 27, 2022
In
contrast
to
previous
approaches
chiral
α-aryl
carboxylic
acids
that
based
on
reactions
using
hazardous
gases,
pressurized
setup
and
mostly
noble
metal
catalysts,
in
this
work,
a
nickel-catalyzed
general,
efficient
highly
enantioselective
carboxylation
reaction
of
racemic
benzylic
(pseudo)halides
under
mild
conditions
atmospheric
CO2
has
been
developed.
A
unique
2,2'-bipyridine
ligand
named
Me-SBpy
featuring
compact
polycyclic
skeleton
enabled
both
high
reactivity
stereoselectivity.
The
utility
method
demonstrated
by
synthesis
various
(30
examples,
up
95
%
yield
99
:
1
er),
including
profen
family
anti-inflammatory
drugs
transformations
the
as
key
intermediates.
Based
mechanistic
experimental
results,
plausible
catalytic
cycle
involving
Ni-complex/radical
equilibrium
Lewis
acid-assisted
activation
proposed.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
24(28), P. 5120 - 5125
Published: July 12, 2022
A
copper-catalyzed
decarboxylative
cascade
cyclization
of
propargylic
cyclic
carbonates/carbamates
with
pyridinium
1,4-zwitterionic
thiolates
is
developed.
range
fused
polyheterocyclic
compounds
are
obtained
in
moderate
to
good
yields
excellent
diastereoselectivities.
Of
particular
note
that
four
new
bonds
(two
C-C,
one
C-O/N,
C-S)
and
stereocenters
could
be
efficiently
embedded
into
the
tetracyclic
scaffolds
a
single
step.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
24(41), P. 7671 - 7676
Published: Oct. 13, 2022
Enantioselective
construction
of
vicinal
tetrasubstituted
carbon
stereocenters
is
a
formidable
challenge
in
organic
synthesis.
A
copper-catalyzed
asymmetric
decarboxylative
propargylic
substitution
with
3-amino
oxindoles
as
trisubstituted
nucleophiles
and
cyclic
carbonates
tertiary
electrophiles
was
developed.
range
3-amino-3,3′-disubstituted
bearing
quaternary-tetrasubstituted
were
obtained
high
yields
good
to
excellent
stereoselectivities
(up
98%
yield,
>20:1
dr,
98.5:1.5
er).
Chinese Journal of Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
41(22), P. 3097 - 3114
Published: June 20, 2023
Comprehensive
Summary
Knowledge
of
asymmetric
catalytic
reaction
mechanism
is
very
important
for
rational
design
and
synthesis
new
chiral
catalysts
or
systems
with
high
activity
stereoselectivity.
The
studies
nonlinear
effect
have
attracted
wide
attentions
as
a
simple
practical
mechanistic
tool
to
probe
complex
reactions.
This
review
documents
the
application
study
effects
on
how
reveal
in
reactions
that
were
catalyzed
by
first‐row
transition‐metals
last
decade
gives
brief
discussion
different
models
effect.